RE: NEW thread...Starting problems

[Musclecarguy <musclecarguy1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry guys, I was half asleeo when I read this. I
would still check all wiring but I agree with the
others there is probably a bad spot in the starter.
Personally, I'd just replace it as its about due. 
Lyle

--- Musclecarguy <musclecarguy1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> I think Earl is on to something here. I'd run
> through
> all the wiring and check for loose or dirty
> connections. Check for corrosion at the ends, etc.
> Maybe pull the wires at the starter also and clean
> them up to make sure your getting a good connection.
> Check the battery cable ends too.  Lyle
> 
> --- Gary <mopar413@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Sounds more like heat soak.  When it cools of it
> > starts just fine.  Hot won't start.  Drags or
> turns
> > real slow.
> > ---- "Earl H. " <earlh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> > > 
> > > Butch,
> > > 
> > > Ok, it is a Mopar, which means that you first
> off
> > check and clean every 
> > > ground associated with the starter. I do think
> > however that you have 
> > > a bad solenoid. Try shorting it at the solenoid
> > with a screw driver. If 
> > > that works, then you have found your issue.
> > > 
> > > Earl
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Vehicle: 64 Sport Fury 383, A727 Torquflite,
> floor
> > shift. Car has what looks
> > > to be a very old, but not oem starter, to
> > accommodate the headers on the
> > > car.
> > > 
> > > Symptoms: Although I had not had the car on my
> > Battery Tender for several
> > > weeks, it started right up. Took it to the
> closure
> > of a 50(+) year old
> > > drive-in here in town that's being torn down for
> a
> > mall. Drove it from there
> > > 4-5 miles to a restaurant, then back again to
> the
> > post office. Started fine
> > > everywhere. Left it in my driveway for an hour
> or
> > so, then went to start it.
> > > It wouldn't start, but the starter made a sound
> > like an impact wrench, as if
> > > the drive gear was trying to engage the starter,
> > but did not have enough
> > > juice to stay engaged. This was odd to me
> because
> > the factory dash ammeter
> > > showed it was charging as I drove it.
> > > 
> > > I pushed the car into the garage, hooked it back
> > up to my Battery Tender,
> > > then thought that night before bed that I'd give
> > it another try. I heard one
> > > noise from the starter area, but the car started
> > right up. "Problem solved"
> > > I thought, "something wrong in the charging
> > system", but the starter and
> > > battery are okay.
> > > 
> > > Today, I went to start the car and
> ......nothing.
> > No clicks like a bad
> > > selonoid, or anything, just the sound of
> silence.
> > I tried it several times
> > > in PARK and NEUTRAL.My battery tender showed the
> > battery as fully charged
> > > and I get over 12V when checking it post-to-post
> > with my volt meter. There
> > > are bright interior lights in the car, fan
> blower
> > works, good headlights and
> > > horn.
> > > 
> > > Any advice or suggestions on where/how to
> > troubleshoot this would be greatly
> > > appreciated!! Thanks/ Butch/ Ferndale, WA
> > > 
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Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- directly to that person.  I.e., send parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content signal to Mopar topic.  Thanks!

'62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines:
http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html.